FOREST, Va. – The Old Dominion Athletic Conference has announced the all-conference awards for the 2023-24 women's basketball season. Head Coach Lindsey Burke has been awarded her first conference Coach of the Year honor, Sam Smith (Chesterfield, Va./St. Gertrudes) was named the Rookie of the Year and two players have been named to All-ODAC teams.   

Sophomore Jane Elkins (Annandale, Va./Bishop Ireton) has been named to the all-ODAC first team. Elkins has been a force in the paint for the Yellow Jackets all season, totalling fifteen double-doubles and recording double digit points in all but two games in the regular season. She ranks second in the conference in rebounds per game (11.8), third in the conference in points per game (15.1) and tied for ninth in blocks with 19 on the season. The fifteen double-doubles are tied for fourteenth most in all of division III.   

Junior Juliana Park (Fairfax Station, Va./Davidson Day) has been listed on the all-ODAC second team. She averaged 11.0 points per game in conference play, including a 24-point game at Lynchburg and a 22-point game in an overtime win at Shenandoah. Her conference field goal percentage mark of (.431) percent  places her ninth in the ODAC in that category. 

Smith has garnered the ODAC rookie of the year honor. Smith has started all 25-games for the Yellow Jackets this season and has played huge roles on both sides of the floor. She is the conference assists per game leader (4.1) and leads the conference in overall assists with 99. Smith also is the conference leader in assist/turnover ratio (1.6) and is tied for eighth in steals with 46.    

Head coach Lindsey Burke grabs her first ODAC Coach of the Year award after leading the Yellow Jackets to a 17-8 record and grabbing the third seed in the ODAC regular season with a 13-5 record. Burke has compiled a 47-10 record in the conference, since her first season in the 2020-21 season. 
 
The Yellow Jackets also retained the number five spot in the Region VI rankings on Tuesday ahead of the conference tournament. RMC is the third-seed in Salem this weekend and will square off with sixth-seeded Roanoke at 8:00 p.m. Friday for the quarterfinals.
 
ODAC Women's Basketball All-Conference

Player of the Year: Mary Schleusner, So., F, Washington and Lee
ODAC Defensive Player of the Year: Mary Schleusner, So., F, Washington and Lee
Coach of the Year: Lindsey Burke, Randolph-Macon
ODAC Rookie of the Year: Sam Smith, Fy., G, Randolph-Macon
ODAC/Va. Farm Bureau Scholar-Athlete: Hanna Malik, Sr., G, Washington and Lee
 

First Team All-ODAC

Anna Giannopoulou	So.	F	Guilford
Jane Elkins	So.	F	Randolph-Macon
Terese Greene	Jr.	G	Shenandoah
Maddie Kimble	Sr.	G	Shenandoah
Hanna Malik	Sr.	G	Washington and Lee
Mary Schleusner	So.	F	Washington and Lee

 
Second Team All-ODAC

Riley Corcoran	So.	G	Bridgewater
Kayla Cabiness	Sr.	F	Ferrum
Courtney McMillan	Jr.	G	Guilford
Kylie Stark	Sr.	F	Randolph
Juliana Park	Jr.	G	Randolph-Macon
Rose Sande	Gr.	F	Roanoke

 
All-ODAC Third Team

Jayden Alsberry	Sr.	C	Bridgewater
Kayla Surles	Gr.	G	Eastern Mennonite
Sayre Brandstatter	Gr.	G	Lynchburg, University of
Jessica Jennings	Sr.	G	Randolph
Madison Nereu	So.	F	Roanoke
Shawnise Campbell	Jr.	F	Shenandoah